Re: [HACKERS] DROP TABLE inside a transaction block - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] DROP TABLE inside a transaction block
Date
Msg-id 200003080017.TAA04546@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] DROP TABLE inside a transaction block  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> BTW, we are not *that* far from being able to roll back a DROP TABLE.
> The only thing that's really needed is for everyone to take a deep
> breath and let go of the notion that table files ought to be named
> after the tables.  If we named table files after the OIDs of their
> tables, then rollback-able DROP or RENAME TABLE would be pretty
> straightforward.  If you don't recall why this is, consult the
> pghackers archives...

The oid will be appended to the base file name.

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